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Effect of AlF3·3H2O Content on Properties of Silicon Carbide Whiskers Self-Reinforced Porous Ceramics
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Yihong SHI1, Rong CAO1, Wangzhi YU1, Xiangong DENG1, Xiang LIU1, Yue CHEN1, Xiang DING1, Xuexiang GE1, Yi ZHANG1, Songlin RAN1, Haijun ZHANG2
Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society | 2025, 53(9) : 2577 - 2585
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Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society | 2025, 53(9): 2577-2585
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Effect of AlF3·3H2O Content on Properties of Silicon Carbide Whiskers Self-Reinforced Porous Ceramics
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Yihong SHI1, Rong CAO1, Wangzhi YU1, Xiangong DENG1, Xiang LIU1, Yue CHEN1, Xiang DING1, Xuexiang GE1, Yi ZHANG1, Songlin RAN1, Haijun ZHANG2
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  • 1.Advanced Ceramics Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, Anhui, China
  • 2.The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
  • SHI Yihong (2000-), male, Master. E-mail:

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SHI Yihong (2000-), male, Master. E-mail:

Published: 2025-09-20 doi: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250103
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Introduction

Silicon carbide porous ceramics are widely used in many fields because of their corrosion resistance, good thermal shock resistance, large specific surface area and superior mechanical properties. Silicon carbide porous ceramics are mainly prepared by different methods (i.e., pore-forming agent method, organic foam impregnation method, freeze-drying method, and foaming method). Among these, the foaming method with simple operation and controllable density and shape of the products is a common approach to prepare silicon carbide porous ceramics with a high porosity. However, silicon carbide porous ceramics still have the disadvantage of low mechanical properties. The In-situ generation of SiC whiskers can greatly improve the mechanical properties of the materials. Therefore, in this paper, silicon carbide whiskers self-reinforced porous ceramics were prepared by foaming method and reactive sintering with silicon carbide powder of 70% (in mass fraction) as a raw material, 30% silicon powder and carbon black as a self-bonding phase, AlF3·3H2O as an additive. In addition, the effect of AlF3·3H2O content on the phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of silicon carbide whiskers self-reinforced porous ceramics was also investigated.

Methods

In this work, silicon carbide powders were used as raw materials. Silicon powders and carbon black were used as self-bonding phase materials. AlF3·3H2O was selected as an additive. Triethanolamine dodecyl sulfate was used as a blowing agent. The ground powders were slowly added to a solution containing 0.5% Isobam 104 and 0.15% sodium carboxymethylcellulose, which was vigorously stirred in a mechanical stirrer to produce a slurry containing 50% (in volume fraction) of ground powders. Subsequently, 1.0% (in volume fraction) triethanolamine dodecyl sulphate was added to the obtained slurry and then vigorously stirred to prepare a homogeneous wet foam, which was rapidly poured into moulds with the dimensions of 160 mm × 80 mm × 40 mm and dried at ambient temperature for 48 h. Afterwards, the demoulded foam green bodies were dried at 40-100 ℃. Finally, the dried foam green bodies were fired in argon atmosphere furnace at 1600 ℃ for 2 h to obtain porous ceramics.

Results and discussion

, The average large spherical pore size and annular pore size in as-prepared silicon carbide whiskers self-reinforced porous ceramics both firstly decrease and then increase with increasing the content of AlF3·3H2O from 0 to 4%. These results are due to the minimum surface free energy of the slurry with 2% AlF3·3H2O, leading to the stable bubbles existing in the slurry. Adding an appropriate amount of AlF3·3H2O can promote the formation of silicon carbide whiskers and improve the strength of as-prepared silicon carbide whiskers self-reinforced porous ceramics. At AlF3·3H2O content of 2%, the flexural and compressive strengths of porous ceramic samples with a porosity of 76.9% are 2.6 MPa and 3.7 MPa, respectively, which are significantly higher than those of the porous ceramic samples prepared without AlF3·3H2O (i.e., 1.1 MPa and 1.4 MPa). The enhanced mechanical properties can be related to the microstructure of the porous samples. The more uniform pore distribution and smallest average spherical pores and annular pores in porous sample with AlF3·3H2O addition of 2% are formed, resulting in improved mechanical properties of porous sample. Also, a large number of silicon carbide whiskers with the largest length are generated, which act as a reinforcing phase for further improving the mechanical properties of porous samples.

Conclusions

Adding an appropriate amount of AlF3·3H2O could promote the formation of silicon carbide whiskers and improve the strength of porous ceramic specimens. At AlF3·3H2O content of 2%, the flexural and compressive strengths of as-prepared silicon carbide whisker self-reinforced porous ceramic samples with a porosity of 76.9% were 2.6 MPa and 3.7 MPa, respectively. The length and the diameter of SiCw whiskers generated in the samples were 4 μm and 62 nm, respectively, and their growth was controlled due to the gas-solid reaction mechanism.

silicon carbide porous ceramics  /  silicon carbide whiskers  /  aluminum fluoride trihydrate  /  mechanical properties
时义红, 曹荣, 余王志, 邓先功, 刘翔, 陈玥, 丁祥, 葛雪祥, 张毅, 冉松林, 张海军. AlF3·3H2O添加量对碳化硅晶须自增强多孔陶瓷性能的影响. 硅酸盐学报, 2025 , 53 (9) : 2577 -2585 . DOI: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250103
Yihong SHI, Rong CAO, Wangzhi YU, Xiangong DENG, Xiang LIU, Yue CHEN, Xiang DING, Xuexiang GE, Yi ZHANG, Songlin RAN, Haijun ZHANG. Effect of AlF3·3H2O Content on Properties of Silicon Carbide Whiskers Self-Reinforced Porous Ceramics[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025 , 53 (9) : 2577 -2585 . DOI: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250103
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doi: 10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20250103
  • Receive Date:2025-02-18
  • Online Date:2026-10-21
  • Published:2025-09-20
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  • Received:2025-02-18
  • Revised:2025-03-15
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    1.Advanced Ceramics Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, Anhui, China
    2.The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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